The Oxys rip back into Hotel Vegas with their filthy punk/sleaze/power-pop cocktail, just weeks before dropping Casting Pearls Before Swine via Cleopatra Records. Guitarist Jason “Ginchy” Kottwitz (ex‑Bulemics, Dead Boys, and Sylvain Sylvain) and snarling frontman Phil Davis lead Austin’s most prolific punks, channeling Seventies gutter rock with hooks sharp enough to scar. Expect less distortion this time out – Ginchy’s chasing raw analog punch over blown-out grit – but don’t think they’ve gone soft. Quinn the Brain, Dregs, and Actuators pile on the chaos first. – Tim Stegall
